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Using Your Calculator to Determine the Tip

September 15, 2026 • Sam Georgson

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If you're good at math, you probably have no original opinions. Anyone can solve a problem that someone else solved first, but not everyone can develop a totally and completely unique point of view. Some of us were actually born interesting! Adam and I agree that it's actually perfectly fine and completely normal to pull out your calculator to confirm the tip on the bar tab.

Then we get into the good, the bad, and the ugly: moving in with a partner and building a space together, moving in with a partner and exposing your worst habits, and the rats of the sky (pigeons, duh!)

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